I didn't win the Powerball but I did win the Cash 5

Yep, I matched 2 out of 5 numbers and got my dollar back.

The Pennsylvania Lottery is one of the best run in the country with $3.5 billion in ticket sales last year and administrative costs of just over 2 percent.So naturally Governor Cabot Corbett wants to sell it off. If it ain't broke don't fix it.

Privatizing government functions creates a profit motive for the investors of the companies that take on those tasks and distorts the goal of government to provide for the common good. Just look how  sending juvenile offenders to a private facility in Luzerne County worked out.

Camelot Global Services is promising pie in the sky revenues by adding more games that can be done by the lottery already. An added bonus is that the profits would be off shored.

I suggest that House Majority Leader Mike Turzai be put in charge of this effort since he has done such a bang up job of selling off the state liquor stores.

Is privatizing Pennsylvania Lottery a smart bet?

 British firm promises $34 billion in profits over 20 years

I admire his candor

Speaking to the PA Republican state committee House Majority Leader Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny) said "Pro-Second Amendment? The Castle Doctrine, it’s done. First pro-life legislation – abortion facility regulations – in 22 years, done. Voter ID, which is gonna allow Governor Romney to win the state of Pennsylvania, done.”The statement drew a loud round of applause from the audience.